County to hear report on Asheville schools

9:39 PM,
Mar. 1, 2013

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The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will hear a report Tuesday on school construction projects in Asheville City Schools.

Commissioners in March 2012 approved spending $2 million to plan replacements for Asheville Middle School and Isaac Dickson Elementary School.

Figuring out how to finance actual construction could be complicated. A 2010 study said it would cost $32 million to replace Asheville Middle alone, a figure that is far in excess of the amount for capital projects that the county ...